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Meet Postdoctoral Scholar Grace Noppert
October 11, 2019Name: Grace Noppert Current title: Postdoctoral Scholar Years affiliated with CPC: 2018 – present Website: http://gracenoppert.web.unc.edu/ What projects are you currently working on? My work focuses on understanding social disparities in biological aging and biomarker-measured health, with a particular focus … Read more
Strong family ties during teen years can help ward off depression in later life
October 7, 2019Depression is a leading cause of disability and disease for people around the world. It often begins during adolescence, especially for females, may continue or recur in adulthood and tends to become a lifetime chronic health condition.
Fellow Spotlight: Douglas Lee Lauen
October 7, 2019Douglas Lee Lauen joined the Carolina Population Center as a Faculty Fellow in 2019.
Fellow Spotlight: Sean Sylvia
September 19, 2019Sean Sylvia joined the Carolina Population Center as a Faculty Fellow in 2019. Department: Health Policy and Management Hometown: Prattville, AL Tell us what projects you’re currently working on. I’m currently working on a few different projects, mostly in China. … Read more
Fellow Spotlight: Jessica Houston Su
September 19, 2019Jessica Houston Su joined the Carolina Population Center as a Faculty Fellow in 2019. Department: Sociology, adjunct in Public Policy Hometown: Hinsdale, NH – a small town with a population of 4,000 people Tell us what projects you’re currently working … Read more
Population Health in America: A Q&A with Robert Hummer
September 19, 2019Faculty Fellow Robert Hummer has co-authored a new book on population health. Over the past 30 years, the life expectancy of people born in the United States has not kept pace compared to other large and wealthy countries. At the … Read more
New research links early-life mortality and family structure, education, income
July 10, 2019Jul 10, 2019 Published by University Communications Article published by Maternal and Child Health Journal A new study reveals substantially higher risks of death between ages 1-24 for children living in families with lower levels of parental education, lower levels … Read more
CPC Fellow Hargrove receives Matilda White ESI Award
June 25, 2019Dr. Hargrove, an Assistant Professor of Sociology, looks at intersecting social inequalities and BMI trajectories from adolescence to early adulthood. CPC Faculty Fellow Taylor Hargrove has received a NIH Matilda White Early Stage Investigator Award and was honored at the … Read more
CPC Fellow Aiello receives Hogue Mid Career Award
June 25, 2019This text was originally published on the NC TraCS website. Allison E. Aiello, PhD, Director of the Integrating Special Populations Program at the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute and Professor of Epidemiology at the Gillings School … Read more
MEASURE Evaluation: USAID Awards UNC $36 Million to Support Malaria Control and Elimination
June 18, 2019The “Strengthening Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation for Malaria Control and Elimination (Malaria SM&E)” program just awarded for $36 million by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This piece was originally published on measureevaluation.org. CHAPEL HILL, NC—A malaria-focused program … Read more